Tornado Warning 10, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
145PM MET WED JUN 15 1988

...TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF EASTERN COLORADO...

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN COLORADO FROM 2PM
THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL 9PM THIS EVENING...WEDNESDAY JUNE 15TH. LARGE
HAIL...STRONG WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.

AT 145 PM THIS AFTERNOON A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS FORMING FROM
EASTERN BOULDER COUNTY SOUTHWARD TO SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY. STRONGEST
CELLS WERE JUST WEST OF PALMER LAKE. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE EAST
AT AROUND 10 MILES PER HOUR.

ANOTHER AREA OF STORMS WAS LOCATED IN NOTHERN LARIMER COUNTY...ALSO
MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT AROUND 10 MILES PER HOUR.

SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY DROP AN INCH OR SO OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD
OF TIME. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR ROAD AND STREET FLOODING AND
PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS.

FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED AS REQUIRED.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
230PM MDT   WED   JUNE 15 1988

                 ...THUNDERSTORM IN LARIMER COUNTY...

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS OVER THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS FROM THE
WYOMING BORDER TO PALMER LAKE COLORADO.  THE HEAVIEST CELL WAS IN
LARIMER COUNTY NEAR RED FEATHER LAKES.  A WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED
PEA SIZE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN BETWEEN 2 AND 215 PM MDT 2 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF RED FEATHER LAKES.

PERSONS THROUGHOUT EASTERN COLORADO SHOULD WATCH FOR SEVERE WEATHER FOR
THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON.  A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR MOST OF
EASTERN COLORADO FROM 2PM MDT UNTIL 9PM MDT.  HAIL...STRONG WINDS...
HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.  MOTORISTS SHOULD BE
ALERT FOR ROAD AND STREET FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS AS SOME OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS COULD DUMP AS MUCH AS 1 INCH OF RAIN IN AN HOUR OR LESS.
MONITOR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER
BULLETINS AND FORECASTS.

ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED.

END...WSFO DENVER

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
330PM MDT   WED   JUNE 15 1988

          ...HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN IN WELD AND LARIMER COUNTIES...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL IN LARIMER
AND WESTERN WELD COUNTIES.  AROUND 3PM MDT A SPOTTER REPORTED PEA SIZE
HAIL 3 MILES SOUTH OF WAVERLY COLORADO IN EASTERN LARIMER COUNTY.  AT
320PM MDT MARBEL TO PEA SIZE HAIL FELL 5 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF CARR
COLORADO ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.

PERSONS THROUGHOUT EASTERN COLORADO SHOULD WATCH FOR SEVERE WEATHER FOR
THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON.  A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF
EASTERN COLORADO FROM 2PM MDT UNTIL 9PM MDT.  HAIL...STRONG WINDS...
HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.  MOTORISTS SHOULD BE
ALERT FOR ROAD AND STREET FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS AS SOME OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS COULD DUMP AS MUCH AS 1 INCH OF RAIN IN AN HOUR OR LESS.

TWO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ON A COLLISION COURSE IN NORTHWESTERN
WELD COUNTY IN THE VICINITY OF NUNN COLORADO.  WHEN THESE TWO CELLS
MERGE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY BECOME EVEN WORSE IN AND AROUND NUNN...15
MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT COLLINS.  WATCH FOR LARGE HAIL...VERY STRONG
AND POSSIBLY sDAMAGING WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND INTENSE LIGHTNING.

ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED.

END...WSFO DENVER

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
4PM MDT   WED   JUNE 15 1988

          ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL IN LARIMER
AND WESTERN WELD COUNTIES AS WELL AS IN THE SOUTHEAST AURORA AREA.
TWO OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES HAVE COLLIDED IN WESTERN ADAMS COUNTY BETWEEN
STAPLETON AIRPORT AND BRIGHTON COLORADO AND A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM
IS EXPECTED TO FORM IN THIS AREA BY 5PM MDT AND POSSIBLY EXTEND TO THE
SOUTHWEST INTO NORTHERN DENVER...COMMERCE CITY AND THORNTON.  BE ALERT
FOR HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS IN THESE AREAS WITHIN THE
NEXT HOUR OR SO.

PERSONS THROUGHOUT EASTERN COLORADO SHOULD WATCH FOR SEVERE WEATHER FOR
THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON.  A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF
EASTERN COLORADO FROM 2PM MDT UNTIL 9PM MDT.  HAIL...STRONG WINDS...
HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.  MOTORISTS SHOULD BE
ALERT FOR ROAD AND STREET FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS AS SOME OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS COULD DUMP AS MUCH AS 1 INCH OF RAIN IN AN HOUR OR LESS.

SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATE THAT 1/2 INCH DIAMETER HAIL FELL NEAR CARR
AROUND 325PM MDT AND 1/4 INCH HAIL FELL ALONG 1-25 NEAR THE COLORADO
WYOMING BORDER AT THE SAME TIME.  ONE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED HAIL OF
1 AND 3/8 INCH DIAMETER AT SMOKY HILL AND GUN CLUB ROAD IN EXTREME
SOUTHEAST AURORA AROUND 315PM MDT.

ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED.

END...WSFO DENVER